PAGAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PAGAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAGAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAGAN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAGAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pagansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAGAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAGAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does PAGAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A follower of a polytheistic or nature-based religion outside the main world religions, especially in relation to pre-Christian Europe; also used today for a follower of modern revived nature-based or polytheistic spiritual traditions.
Historians use pagan to describe the many local and polytheistic religions of pre-Christian Europe and the Mediterranean, from Roman and Greek worship of multiple gods to Norse and Celtic nature religions, contrasting these traditions with the monotheistic faiths that later spread across the region. The word came into English through Christian writers, who applied it broadly to anyone outside their own faith, so its exact scope has always depended somewhat on who was using it. In current use pagan also names a modern movement, sometimes called neopaganism, whose followers revive or reinvent nature-based and polytheistic practices such as Wicca or Druidry, often centred on seasonal festivals and reverence for the natural world. Scholars of religion generally treat the word today as a neutral, descriptive term, distinguishing it clearly from unrelated slang uses of the word.
How PAGAN is used
Used in historical, religious and anthropological writing for pre-Christian polytheistic religions, and today also for modern nature-based or polytheistic spiritual movements.
- The temple had served pagan worshippers for centuries before its conversion.
- Modern pagan festivals often mark the changing of the seasons.
- Historians traced pagan burial customs across the region.
- She described herself as a pagan who follows Wiccan traditions.
- The museum exhibit compared pagan and Christian symbols side by side.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAGAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAGAN
The 5 tiles of PAGAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PAGAN
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with PAGAN.
Words ending in PAGAN
3 words end in PAGAN. Useful as a back hook: play PAGAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAGAN inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain PAGAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PAGAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAGAN
Common questions about PAGAN
- Is PAGAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAGAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAGAN worth?
- PAGAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAGAN mean?
- A follower of a polytheistic or nature-based religion outside the main world religions, especially in relation to pre-Christian Europe; also used today for a follower of modern revived nature-based or polytheistic spiritual traditions.
- What letters can be added to PAGAN?
- PAGAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAGAN:
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